CITY COUNCIL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 42, 17 February 1877, Page 2

CITY COUNCIL.

The ordinary fortnightly meeting was held last night. Present, aU the members exceptCrs J. and T. Harley, the latter of whom was excused on account of illness. , In reply tp a ) tter from the Secretary of the Education Board regarding the proposed addition to the Haven Road school, i_ was decidedthat he be informed that the Council decline to give an answer until a proper application with apian of the proposed building be sent in. ■''• ; A letter was read from Mr Blackett with reference to allowing the drainage of the Post Office to enter the Waimea-street . sewer. Some of the Councillors questioned the advisability of allowing closets to drain into the sewer, and the reply to Mr Blackett was deferred. ' A telegram was read from Dr Squires to the Central Board of Health, and the reply j thereto to the effect that there was no au- \ thority to quarantine a vessel trading between the ports of the colony. . ..,. Letters were read from Mr Stringer complaining of the state of a ditch in Wellingtonstreet; from Mr Rout, stating that he had completed the assessment; and from Mr R. Carter, stating that while constructing the new dam he. had discovered a quarry of splendid stone, which could be rendered • available by an expenditure of £20. The telegrams that passed between the Mayor and Mr Hursthouse, which we published on Wednesday last, were readj and I his suggested that the Council It.

should subscribe a certain :amq_a_t out of the Corp^tionfund^ttq^arasthel'ielief of the sufferers by the Motue__l floods; •! i* Cr Pickering feared there would be some I difficulty jin disbursing : a relief fund, but thought that thqse who hacf lost their all, sijch as.Mr HaycdcklancPMrSpicer, should\ . be the first to receiv'S relief. v ' Crs Webb and Levien doubted the legality of such an appropriation of the revenue. His Worship, however, read a clause from ( the Act giving power to vote money for charitable purposes. It. was then resolved, on the motion of Ct Pickeriag, seconded by • Cr Waters, "That the' Mayor be authorised ' to head a subscription list for the Motueka sufferers wifch the sum of £50." An application t rom Mr G.-W. Ligh .band _ for permission to erect a fellmongery on the Maitai banks was refused.. .- The City Surveyor's' report oh the proposed sea bathing place at the Rocks showed that it would cost £762 if the wall at the Basin were built wide enough for a bridle track, and £952 if rendered passable for ■ " drays. ;The report on the gasworks showed, that . , the quantity manufactured during the month ' of January was 296,000 feet, and that the ; loss by leakage was 65;460 feet. [ , _ A discussion took place on the extension of the Waimea-streeet-sewer, Cr Levien opposing it on the 'ground that it would be of no use. -.Ultimately it was resolved, t._r-....he $ motion of Cr Hooper, seconded by Cr Webb, s that, tenders b^ called for the 'bricks and labori • ; ' --'. ~ ... The Council then adjourned. ■ -. «_ 111 11,I 1 , I ■IWILII L WIIHM 1 I'll iii- i